JBT Corporation has introduced a highly sustainable Energy Recovery System (ERS) that integrates into new and existing JBT Steam Water Spray (SWS) retort systems.
The updated ERS technology means SWS customers can benefit from additional cost savings and up to 30 per cent energy savings, without extending their thermal process cycles.
Used for product sterilisation, retorts are at the heart of many shelf-stable food processing lines such as ready-meals, baby food, pet food, soups, sauces, canned vegetables, milk, fruit juices, non-carbonated beverages, tea, and coffee.
As sustainability in food and beverage operations becomes increasingly important, producers have an opportunity to make improvements with the system.
Using hot and cold-water tanks that transfer energy between the come-up and cooling portions of the retort’s thermal process, the ERS extracts energy during the cooling phase. This energy is then utilised for heating during the come-up phase.
